窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さく

expression, noun

desperate measure; last-ditch effort

A plan or action taken when one is cornered and has no other options. Often used in formal or written contexts.

See also: 窮余の策

• 会かい社しゃは倒とう産さんを避さけるため、窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さくとして全ぜん資し産さんを売ばい却きゃくした。

  As a desperate measure to avoid bankruptcy, the company sold off all its assets.

• 彼かれが提てい案あんしたのは窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さくに過すぎず、根こん本ぽん的てきな解かい決けつにはならなかった。

  What he proposed was merely a last-ditch effort and did not lead to a fundamental solution.